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Euripides. Phrixus. 5th century BC, fragment 970.

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Menander. Unidentified fragment 651. c. 300 BC.

Words have a longer life than deeds.

Pindar

Nemean Odes

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Pindar. Nemean Odes. c. 473 BC, Nemean 4.

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Pindar. The Complete Odes, translated by Anthony Verity. Oxford University Press, 2008, Nemean IV.

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Aeschylus. Ī ĻĪæĪ¼Ī·ĪøĪµį½ŗĻ‚ Ī”ĪµĻƒĪ¼ĻŽĻ„Ī·Ļ‚ [Promethus Bound]. c. 430 BC.

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Aeschylus. Promethus Bound. Dover Publications, 1996.

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Hesiod. į¼œĻĪ³Ī± ĪŗĪ±į½¶ į¼©Ī¼Ī­ĻĪ±Ī¹ [Works and Days]. c. 700 BC, l. 694.

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Hesiod. "Works and Days." Theogony and Works and Days, translated by M. L. West. Oxford University Press, 2009, l. 694.

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Pythagoras. Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laƫrtius. c. 240 AD, bk. 8, ch. 1, sect. 23.

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Pythagoras. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laƫrtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 8, ch. 1, sect. 23.

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Aeschylus. į¼¹ĪŗĪ­Ļ„Ī¹Ī“ĪµĻ‚, Hiketides [The Suppliants]. c. 455 BC.

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Socrates. Quoted in Ī˜ĪµĪ±ĪÆĻ„Ī·Ļ„ĪæĻ‚ [Theaetetus], written by Plato. c. 369 BC.

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Socrates. Quoted in Theaetetus, written by Plato, translated by John McDowell. Oxford University Press, 2014.

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Aristophanes. į¼¹Ļ€Ļ€Īµįæ–Ļ‚ HippeĆ®s [The Knights]. 424 BC, Lenaia Festival, Athens, Greece.

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Aristophanes. "The Knights." The Birds and Other Plays, translated by Alan H. Sommerstein. Penguin Classics, 2003.

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Pindar. Olympian Odes. c. 464 BC.

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Pindar. The Complete Odes, translated by Anthony Verity. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Zeno. Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laƫrtius. c. 240 AD, bk. 7, ch. 1, sect. 23.

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Zeno. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laƫrtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 7, ch. 1, sect. 23.

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Hippocrates. Regimen. c. 4th century BC, regimen 4, sect. 87.

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Hippocrates. "A Regimen for Health." Hippocratic Writings, translated by J. Chadwick and W. N. Mann, et al. Penguin Classics, 1984.

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Thales. Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laƫrtius. c. 240 AD, bk. 1, ch. 1.

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Thales. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laƫrtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 1, ch. 1.

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Heraclitus. On the Universe. c. 500 BC, no. 108.

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Heraclitus. "On the Universe." Hippocrates, translated by W. H. S. Jones. Vol. 4, Harvard University Press, 1931, no. 108.

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Xenophanes. Fragments. 5th century BC, F19 - DK21B18.

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Xenophanes. "Xenophanes of Colophon." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists. Oxford World Classics, 2009, F19 - DK21 B18.

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Pindar. Pythian Odes. c. 474, pythian 3.

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Pindar. The Complete Odes, translated by Anthony Verity. Oxford University Press, 2008, pythian 3.

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Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, F50 - DK B29.

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Heraclitus. "Heraclitus of Ephesus." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009, F50 - DK B29.

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Plato. Quoted in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laertius. c. 240 AD, bk. 3, sect. 86.

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Plato. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laƫrtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 3, sect. 86.

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Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, F53 - DK B44.

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Heraclitus. "Heraclitus of Ephesus." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009, F53 - DK B44.

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Epicurus. Quoted in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laertius. c. 240 AD, bk. 10, ch. 1, sect. 140.

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Epicurus. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laƫrtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 10, ch. 1, sect. 140.